Self and mellejst bray



vUisirrino STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SELF AND MELLEN BRAY.

` W'IIIIIIARIA WOODBURY, 0F CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIM-sLF-ADJUSTING PuLeEYi-'oa FISHING-BOATS.

Specification Iorming par. f Letlers Pate-nt No. 52,634, date-d Februarylil, 1866.

'i'o all n-/mm it amy concern:

De it known that 1, WILLIAM WooDBURY,

voi Chelsea, in the county ot` Snit'olk and State ot' Massachusetts,have invented a new and useiul Self-Adjusting Block or Pulley; and I dohereby'deelare that the following is afull and exactdescription thereof,reterenec'being had to theaccompanying' drawings, and to the letters ot'reference nmrked thereon.

. ln the .accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification,Figure 1. is a side elevation ofthe. block or pulley andthe bracketl'rom which it is suspended. Fig. 2 is fa section on line .raf in Fig.1.

The object ot' vmy invention is to provide a suitable substitutetor therude contrivance noe.' used oy ishermen, and called a iishingcleat.

lt is well known that when lishing from a boat the line does not alwaysassume af verti` cal direction and keep it, but is alfected byv boi hwind and tide and also by under currents, and eonseqiu-ntlyit. sometimesdrops vertically over the side otthe boat, sometimes it'runs aslern, andagain is drivn forward, so thatl it may hang l'rom the side ot' the boatat any angle l'rom a vertical line up' to sixty degrees forward or sixtydegrees ai' As the wind andV tide sometimes act with great force uponthe line, it becomes necessary to have some means ot' holding the linein place where ir, passes over the boats side.

The means now used is what is termed a jt'shing-cleat,- and consists ot'a strip of' wood nailed onto the rail ot' the boat, and having a woodenpm inserted into it vertically. When the line trails at't it is thrownover forward otl this pin, and when it trails i'orward it is thrown overalt ot' it, so that in whateverdirection the line trails, the bite istaken in the corner formed by thejunetion of the pin with the strip ot'wood into which it is inserted. quite evident to tile most casualobserver that with this arrangement there must. be a great deal-ot wearand chating ofthe lines indrawing them in over this iishing-cleat, andthe necessity for some improved arrangement has long been i'elt, whichnecessity it is the olgieet ot' my invention to supply,

Another advantage resulting from the use It isv ot' my invention will bethe greater ease with whithe fish may be drawn in.

The nature ot' my invention consists in substituting a block or pulleyofpeouliar construc- -tion for the li hing-cleat now used.

To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I lnake a metal bracket, A, in the form ofa semicircle or inverted arch,from the lower portion of which apin, Bj, projects downward tobelinserted into the rail ot' the boat; One larm ofthe semicirclc isextended upward and curved until it terminates in a hub at the cenf terot' the semicircle at C. From this hub I suspend. by means of the pinn., a block, D, ot' peculiar construction, and carrying a-sheave F.

The block D is made open' at the top, ,and is provided with a guard, bsothat the line maybe readily thrown onto'- the sheave. The lower end ot'the block is made forked, so as t0 clasp the circular bracket. and forman additional support.

\Vhen the line is thrown lin'to the sheave, it'

it trails to the left the block -D immediately yassumes the positionshown in red lines in Fig. l, or it' it trails to the right the blockwill swing lin the opposite direction and immediately accommodateitselt' to the d irection. l

of the line.

That I claim as my invention, and desirel to secure by Letters Patent,is v l. The combination ot' a block or pulley with A a? circularbracket, under such an arrangement as to allow ot' the pulley revolvingupon its axis, while the latter is freeto move within the plane of vthebracket, substantially as set forth.

2. The employment of a block .when made with an opening at the top andprovided with a guard, in combination with a bracket, as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony' whereof I have signed my name to this specification beforetwo subscribing witnesses.

- WILLIAM WOODBURY. Witnesses l B. nujym'me,

Z.- BONMAN.

